Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 67: Removing the Mark
"The Golden Wind God King has practiced Taoism for at least five hundred years. He can soar through the air and reach a distance of a hundred miles in the blink of an eye."

Zhuo Qingyan emphasized to the others, "Yu Fei was one of the two concubines of the Golden Wind God King. Now that she is dead, the Golden Wind God King will surely come for revenge. If you stay here, you will die with me."

Although Taoist Master Yansong and Gu Zhao both displayed extraordinary strength, five hundred years of cultivation was a hurdle, so she still didn't think they could defeat the Golden Wind God King.

"Can the Golden Wind God King fly?"

"Five hundred years of practice will allow you to fly?"

Gu Zhao learned another piece of knowledge, but now was not the time to focus on it. "Do you have his mark on you?"

"Half a month ago, someone caused a disturbance in the Golden Wind Hall, killed the Golden Wind Cult's first guardian, and stole the Golden Wind Hall's incense statue. The Golden Wind God King came to Xiuyue County to investigate and accidentally discovered me. He wanted me to be his third consort. I was no match for him and was injured by him."

Zhuo Qingyan said quietly, "He saw that I was refusing to obey, so in order to dispel my determination to die, he planted a seal on me and said he would come to marry me in a month. You should know what happened next."

"He can sense my presence and approximate location through this mark. Once he gets close, he can follow my presence." Zhuo Qingyan said, "So I can't escape no matter what. You'd better leave quickly."

"Ah!" The embroiderer exclaimed, her eyes full of worry.

She had just learned about Zhuo Qingyan's story and heard what Yu Fei said. How could she not know that the Golden Wind God King was now going to hand Zhuo Qingyan over to her great enemy?
But now Zhuo Qingyan had been marked by the Golden Wind God King, and she couldn't bring herself to beg Gu Zhao to take Zhuo Qingyan away.

Gu Zhao blinked and simply asked, "Is this mark difficult to remove?"

Zhuo Qingyan shook her head. "The Golden Wind God King has practiced Taoism for hundreds of years. His mark cannot be dispelled."

Gu Zhao looked at Taoist Master Yansong and asked, "Our magic power won't hurt her, right?"

The magic power cultivated by the Taoist priest is a natural defense against ghosts and evil spirits, and can fight against opponents of higher levels. Gu Zhao guessed that it might be possible to remove the mark of the Golden Wind God King, but it might hurt Zhuo Qingyan.

Although Gu Zhao was confident, he still went to Taoist Master Yansong to confirm.

Taoist Master Yansong smiled and shook his head, then winked at Gu Zhao. "Whether the knife will hurt people depends on whether the person holding the knife wants to hurt people. If you control your magic power, you won't hurt her."

So Gu Zhao turned to Zhuo Qingyan and asked, "How about letting me try?"

Zhuo Qingyan looked at Gu Zhao coldly. After a moment, she finally stretched out her hand, gently lifted her sleeve, revealing an arm as white as snow.

Then Gu Zhao held Zhuo Qingyan's wrist without any hesitation.

Zhuo Qingyan's body tensed up, and then she felt a warm breath flowing into her body along her wrist, and then along the meridians to her upper arm.

"The mark is on my shoulder." Zhuo Qingyan used her own magic power to guide the way in her body while pointing at her shoulder with her other finger.

The next moment, Gu Zhao felt the mark in Zhuo Qingyan's body.

It was chilling and cold, with a hint of spiritual attributes, exactly the same as the aura Gu Zhao sensed from the incense statue.

"No wonder I can sense it." Gu Zhao nodded. Although he still didn't understand how the mark was cast, he roughly understood the principle behind it.

The most important thing is to destroy the spirit in the mark.

Gu Zhao wrapped the mark with his magic power, but the spirit immediately fought back violently.

Perhaps it was because of the conflict between their magic powers, but when that wisp of spirit faced Gu Zhao's magic power, it was like boiling water or burning fire, following Gu Zhao's magic power all the way down and straight into Gu Zhao's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhuo Qingyan was startled and worried about hurting Gu Zhao, so she quickly swung her arms and said, "Let go!" Gu Zhao did not let go. The moment the spirit entered Gu Zhao's body, he silently recited the Heavenly Heart Mantra to protect the spirit.

The Taoist method of meditation is to train mental power. Although this strand of mental power is condensed, Gu Zhao is not afraid. At the moment when the Heavenly Heart Mantra takes effect, the Five Thunder Orders in his sea of ​​consciousness also vibrate at the same time.

The next moment, a ray of lightning shot out from the Five Thunder Order and instantly hit the spirit. Although the spirit imprint looked solid, its quantity was too small, and it collapsed in the thunder.

Gu Zhao, “…”

"Brother Lei, I misunderstood you. It turns out you also have the function of protecting my spiritual sea of ​​consciousness!"

After erasing the mental imprint, Gu Zhao let go of Zhuo Qingyan and snapped his fingers, "Done, call it a day!"

Zhuo Qingyan looked at Gu Zhao in surprise. She didn't expect that the mark that had tortured her for half a month and could not be removed would actually collapse under Gu Zhao's hands.

"Sir, can you help Miss Zhuo remove the mark?" The embroiderer couldn't help but ask.

"Solved." Gu Zhao nodded.

"Once the mark is released, the Golden Wind God King will definitely sense it. You guys should leave quickly!" Zhuo Qingyan said hurriedly.

The embroiderer couldn't help but ask, "Miss Zhuo, what about you?"

"I..." Zhuo Qingyan looked around her home, feeling reluctant to leave.

Taoist Master Yansong came over and advised softly, "My home is where my heart is. No matter where I am, as long as I miss my parents in my heart, I don't need to rely on external things."

Zhuo Qingyan bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior."

"Let's leave the city first." Taoist Priest Yansong nodded. "Xiuyue County has already had several incidents. The Golden Wind God King will probably arrive soon."

Zhuo Qingyan was not a hesitant person, otherwise she would not have resolutely refused her father's arrangement. She just took some commemorative items and quickly left Xiu Yue County with a few people.

……

"Thank you, senior, and thank you, sir."

In the woods outside the city, Zhuo Qingyan thanked the few people again, glanced at Gu Zhao, and then took her own leave.

Gu Zhao looked at Zhuo Qingyan's determined eyes and couldn't help asking, "Miss, are you going to Changping Mansion to find Yuan Wenrui?"

Zhuo Qingyan paused and said quietly, "Yuan Wenrui caused the unjust deaths of my parents. I didn't know where he was before, but now that I know he's the magistrate of Changping Prefecture, I'd be unworthy of being a son if I didn't seek revenge."

"But the Golden Wind God King is in Changping Prefecture. If you go there to seek revenge, wouldn't that be... wouldn't that be..." The embroiderer was a little anxious. Then, seeing Bai Ke on her shoulder, she remembered what Gu Zhao had said and blurted out, "Wouldn't that be like throwing meat buns at a dog? There's no way back."

Bai Ke: (▼へ▼メ)
The embroiderer couldn't help but look at Gu Zhao. Seeing Gu Zhao wink at her, she immediately understood what he meant and advised Zhuo Qingyan, "We live in Cuishan Village, west of the county town. Why don't you go back with us first and we can make a long-term plan?"

Zhuo Qingyan waved her hand and declined, "No, I can't implicate you."

Seeing Zhuo Qingyan's persistence, Gu Zhao shook his head and said to her, "It's not you who implicated us, it's actually me who implicated you."

(End of this chapter)